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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello there,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">please, can somebody explain the difference of example 1) and example 2) of putting a “DURATION” statement either in the “HOST=” line or in the “other” lines of alerts.cfg?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Is there really a difference of the meaning of DURATION in example 1) and 2) ????<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Example as one can see on the demo site at www.xymon.com:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">HOST=home.scheel.dk SERVICE=http DURATION>10m REPEAT=6h<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">MAIL henrik@scheel.dk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">HOST=home.hswn.dk SERVICE=conn<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> MAIL henrik.storner@gmail.com REPEAT=30m DURATION>10m<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The only difference that’s visible for me could be, that in example 2) i would be able to configure a kind of escalation steps like you can read in my section below; i. e. recipient test-1 get’s an alert after 10 minutes,
recipient test-2 get’s an alert after 20 minutes ….. ???<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">HOST=TESTHOST SERVICE=conn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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DURATION>10m<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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DURATION>20m<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hope that’s not a stupid thing ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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